Feed-bag.



G. D. DE LAP.

FEED BAG. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UFFTGE.

CHARLES D. DE LAP, OF ROOSEVELT, NEW YORK.

FEED-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES D. DE LAP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roosevelt, Long Island, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved form of feed bag for horses and one embodying a construction in which the feed is fed to the bottom portion of the bag from an annular feeding chamber arranged above said bottom portion, the construction being especially advantageous from a sanitary standpoint because it may be very readily cleaned and aired, and, furthermore, affording a saving of the feed for reasons which will appear more fully hereinafter.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following detail description and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a feed bag embodying the invention showing one of the closing flaps of the outer body portion of the bag in an open position as when permitting introduction of the feed into the space between the said body portion and the inner compartment; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 4, showing the connection between the inner and outer walls of the bag; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 4, showing in section the connection of the supporting rope by which the bag is suspended from the horses head; Fig. 4 is a top plan view; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a modification of the invention.

Throughout the following description and on the several figures of the drawings simi lar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Specifically describing the invention a feed bag constructed in accordance therewith comprises an inner-compartment l and an outer compartment 2, said compartments being formed by spaced inner and outer walls 3 and 4 respectively; The walls 3 and 4 of the bag are flexible, being made of canvas or any similar material such as commonly employed for bags of this type and at the lower end of the outer wall 4 is se- S pecifieation of Letters latent.

Application filed June 8, 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Serial No. 500,827.

cured the bottom 5 which consists preferably of a dish-shaped plate, the body of which is apertured and the edge portion of which is connected by bolts or similar spacing fastening members 6 with the lower open end of the inner wall 3. A ring 7 of metal or other rigid construction is preferably applied to the lower end of the inner wall of the bag, and the fastening members 6 are connected with said ring so as to pro vide a space between the lower end of the wall 3, and the bottom 5 and the lower end of the wall 4. It will be observed that the fastening members are in the form of eyebolts, theeyes of said bolts receiving a ring 7, and the shanks of the bolts passing clownwardly through the metallic bottom plate 5. The lower end of the outer wall 4 of the bag is received between the lower outer edge portion of the bottom plate 5 and a metallic ring 5 below said edge of the plate 5, and nuts are applied to the bolts 6 so as to clamp the ring 5 against the plate 5 and secure the material of the outer wall between said parts as shown most clearly in the drawings. The bolts or fastenings 5 of course rigidly space the lower end of the inner wall 3 from the corresponding portion of the wall 4, and this is advantageous in that even though the animal feeding from the bag may deposit the same on the ground in the feeding operation, the supply of feed to the bottom of the inner compartment will not be stopped or cut off.

At the upper end of the bag, the wall 4 is provided with inturned flaps 8 adapted to be secured to the upper end portion of the in ner wall 3 by means of clasps or similar fastenings 9. Two 01' more of the flaps 8 may be provided and by disengagement of the clasps 9 it is apparent that one or both of the flaps may be elevated to the position shown in Fig. 1 and feed introduced into the annular chamber 2 when said flaps are open. This done, the flap or flaps are closed and the bag is ready to. be suspended by a cord or member 10 from the head of the animal to be-fed. As the animal eats the feed on the bottom 5 of the bag, the feed is supplied constantly from the chamber 2until exhaustedtherefrom.

In the use of the ordinary feed bag for horses it is necessary for the horse-to throw his head up in order to reach the feed and this jerking of the head spills the feed from the bag so that it is wasted to some extent.

The above disadvantage does not exist with reference to the present construction of bag because of the arrangement of the feeding chamber 2 and the ventilation of the bag during the feeding operation.

The upper end of the-wall 4: is permanently connected with the adjacent portion of the wall 3 by tabs 11 stitched or otherwise secured to the wall 3 and being integral extensions of the wall 4.

In the modification in Fig. 6 the upper ends of the walls 3 and 4 are connected by the suspending cord or rope 10 and the flaps described with reference to the construction set forth above are dispensed with. To introduce feed into the annular chamber 2 in the construction in Fig. 6 it is only necessary to separate the adjacent portions of the upper ends of the walls 3 and 4:.

It will be observed that the suspending member 10 has its ends passing through and connecting the upper ends of the walls of the bag.

, Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A feed bag of the class described, comprising inner and outer flexible walls, the lower end of the inner wall having a ring secured thereto, a bottom plate at the lower end of the outer wall and forming the bottom of the bag, fastening means between the lower end of the inner wall and the corresponding end of the outer wall and comprising eye-bolts, the eyes of which receive therein the ring at the lower end of the inner wall, said eye-bolts passing through the bottom plate at its edge portion and through the lower end portion of the outer wall, said lower end portion of the outer wall being disposed in contact with the under side of the edge of the bottom plate, a ring beneath the edge portion of the bottom plate, nuts on the eye-bolts clamping the lower end of the outer wall between said ring and the bottom plate, and means for suspending the bag from the animal.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES D. DE LAP. WVitnesses:

GEORGE WV. DELAP, J. F. CREVOISERAT. 

